In 1789 a group of French men, known as the National assembly, came together to discus the causes for public calamities and corruption of government. Believing that the people have been neglected their rights, they put together 17 rules now known as the Declaration of the Rights of Man. The declaration of the Rights of Man, written mostly by Marquis De
Lafayette, states that men are born free and equal in rights,and man have rights to liberty, property, security, and resistance to oppression. The ideal that all men are equal in rights comes heavily from the teachings of the Enlightenment, mainly in the social contract and from the document of Natural Rights. This stating, the Declaration of the Rights of
Man have influenced many other documents to come, and have declared mans rights in France.
Declaration of the Rights of Man
In 1789 a group of French men, known as the National assembly, came together to discus the
causes for public calamities and corruption of government. Believing that the people have been neglected their rights, they put together
17 rules now known as the Declaration of the Rights of Man. The declaration of the Rights of Man, written mostly by Marquis De
Lafayette, states that men are born free and equal in rights,and man have rights to liberty, property, security,
and resistance to oppression. The ideal that all men are equal in rights comes heavily from the teachings of the
Enlightenment, mainly in the social contract and from the document of Natural Rights. This stating, the Declaration of the Rights of
Man have influenced many other documents to come, and have declared mans rights in France.
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